People ex rel. Schneider v. Prendergast

Application made by the county clerk of the county of New York for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the comptroller of the city of New *483York to audit and certify on the pay-roll of the county clerk’s office the names of two incumbents holding positions as general clerks in that office and to audit and certify for payment their respective salaries. The two clerks, William F. Schober and Joseph T. Haiken, have been employed in the county clerk’s office for less than fifteen years, and prior to January 12,1916, the former received a salary of $1,200 per annum and the latter a salary of…